PSCI1110-01.American Government & Politics.Su15.Peschek,Joseph

Faculty Name

Joseph Peschek

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PSCI

Course Subject

PSCI

Course Number

1110

Course Section

01

Course Title

American Government & Politics

Academic Term and Year

Summer 2015

Credits

4.00

Hamline Plan Letter

S

Area of Study

PSCI, SSTD

Course Description

Goals: To introduce students to analytical concepts and frameworks for the study of American national government, and politics, especially as it relates to the question of who gets what, how, and why. Content: The constitutional framework; political values and public opinion; the role of parties, interest groups and mass media; Congress, the judiciary and the presidency; the policy process in selected substantive areas such as defense, foreign policy, economic management, and civil liberties. Taught: Annually. Credits: 4 credits

Recommended Citation

Peschek, Joseph, "PSCI1110-01.American Government & Politics.Su15.Peschek,Joseph" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 5478.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/5478